Following a transparency review in family proceedings conducted last October, president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has told MPs that greater transparency is needed to instil public confidence. Addressing MPs McFarlane said that Read More

The Family Mediation Council (FMC)’s “Family Mediation Week”, will take place between 17th and 21st January 2022, to raise awareness of the benefits of family mediation and how it can help separating families manage their Read More

Today is the first working Monday of January, also known as “divorce day” amongst family lawyers, and one of the busiest times for firms across the country as they prepare for a surge of enquiries Read More

A 150-year-old Sussex based firm, Mayo Wynne Baxter (MWB), is the first to join legal and professional services group Ampa  under a “house of brands” merger strategy devised to move away from the traditional consolidation Read More

The government has issued updates to its forms for litigation friend referral and appointing a litigation friend where the protected party lacks capacity. Update to litigation friend referral form for Children Act public law cases Read More

London law firm Mishcon de Reya will pay £232,500 over several breaches relating to money laundering rules, it has been announced. The penalty of £232,500 was agreed between the firm and the SRA who said that the Read More

Does your firm have a conveyancing department? The deadline for registration to enter The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, is upon us. Registration for this years awards will close at midnight on 11Read More

Domestic abuse victims in England and Wales will be given more time to report assaults. The new measures specifically introduced to keep women and girls safer will be added to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Read More

Family court statistics for July to September 2021 show an estimated 63,084 new family cases. “Our concerns about the significant backlogs in the family court pre-date the pandemic. However, the existing problems have been compounded in the Read More

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued further guidance on E-Bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division. This guidance supplements the general guidance on electronic bundles for all Read More

An exclusive survey conducted by the UK’s largest family law firm, Stowe Family Law, reveals that millennials are spending less on weddings and instead prioritising mortgages. The firm’s survey, which polled 500 people across Read More

The Government has announced that from 6 April 2022, digital identity document validation technology (IDVT) will be introduced to support employers and landlords with right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks. The Home Office Read More

Leading insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM has welcomed one of the UK’s leading surrogacy and reproductive rights specialists, Colin Rogerson, to the firm. Rogerson becomes partner in BLM’s London family law Read More

Happy New Year from the team at Today’s Family Lawyer! We hope you all enjoyed the festivities and a well-earned break over the Christmas period. We’d like to take this opportunity, as the Read More

Former wife of multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai receives more than £500m in divorce settlement. The UK’s High Court has awarded a lump sum settlement of £251.5m to Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, the 47-year-old former Read More

Following the LSB’s annual review of frontline regulators last month, the SRA has reportedly met all 27 of the required outcomes in its regulatory approach, authorisation, supervision, enforcement and leadership. The results show that the Read More

A new report from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) demonstrates how government funding has maintained and expanded vital access to free specialist legal advice. Through the Covid-19 Specialist Advice Services Scheme (CSASS), £5.4 million was awarded Read More

The Government has launched a consultation on outdoor weddings and civil partnerships. Marrying couples will have greater choice in how they celebrate their big day under government plans to legalise outdoor weddings in England and Read More